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A fetus is the term for an unborn baby from the eighth week of pregnancy until birth. Before this, he or she is called an embryo.

ANOTHER ANSWER An UNBORN baby growing in a woman's womb is called a "fetus" until it is actually BORN. Then we call it a BABY! <<adr>>

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